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Bill	Professions and vocations: weights and measures.	(1) Existing law establishes the Department of Consumer Affairs within the Business, Consumer Services, and Housing Agency and provides that the department is under the control of the Director of Consumer Affairs.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20172018	SB 547	California SB 547 (20172018)	bill appropriation	Professions and vocations: weights and measures.	enacted	Hill	9	38	8	2017-02-16	2017-10-02	openstates	ocd-bill/356a4058-08d5-4683-9dd8-1bc5e85168d2	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB547	27bb0a8ea103faa915cc0e8b7c79c71447226863466cfd5917ded174e50eeebb	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California SB 547 (20172018) — Professions and vocations: weights and measures.

(1) Existing law establishes the Department of Consumer Affairs within the Business, Consumer Services, and Housing Agency and provides that the department is under the control of the Director of Consumer Affairs.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. 02/16/17 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 04/17/17 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 07/05/17 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 08/21/17 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
5. 09/08/17 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
6. 09/11/17 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
7. 10/02/17 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
8. SB547 (committee substitute) — source
9. 09/20/17 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 8–0 (pass) · upper
• Unfinished Business SB547 Hill Concurrence — 34–2 (pass) · upper
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Privacy and Consumer Protection] — 16–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass. — 13–0 (pass) · lower
• That the Assembly amendments be concurred in — 8–0 (pass) · upper
• SB 547 Hill Senate Third Reading By LOW — 74–4 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 9–1 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Hill — primary (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

• 2017-02-16 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
• 2017-02-17 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 19.
• 2017-03-02 Referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. referral-committee
• 2017-03-31 Set for hearing April 24.
• 2017-04-17 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1
• 2017-04-25 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0. Page 825.) (April 24). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2017-05-04 Set for hearing May 15.
• 2017-05-15 From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage, reading-2
• 2017-05-16 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2017-05-30 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 1246.) Ordered to the Assembly. reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2017-05-31 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
• 2017-06-12 Referred to Coms. on B. & P. and P. & C.P. referral-committee
• 2017-06-27 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on P. & C.P. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (June 27). Re-referred to Com. on P. & C.P. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2017-07-05 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on P. & C.P. reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1
• 2017-07-11 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 1.) (July 11). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2017-08-21 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1
• 2017-08-30 August 30 set for first hearing. Placed on APPR. suspense file.
• 2017-09-01 Joint Rule 62(a) suspended.
• 2017-09-01 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (September 1). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2017-09-05 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2017-09-08 Read third time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1
• 2017-09-08 Ordered to third reading.
• 2017-09-08 Re-referred to Com. on B. & P. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. referral-committee
• 2017-09-11 Joint Rule 62(a) suspended.
• 2017-09-11 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on B. & P. reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1
• 2017-09-12 Assembly Rule 96 suspended. (Ayes 54. Noes 21. Page 3223.)
• 2017-09-12 Withdrawn from committee.
• 2017-09-12 Ordered to second reading.
• 2017-09-13 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2017-09-15 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 74. Noes 4. Page 3490.) Ordered to the Senate. reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2017-09-15 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
• 2017-09-15 Re-referred to Com. on RLS. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10(d). referral-committee
• 2017-09-15 From committee: Be re-referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10(d). (Ayes 4. Noes 0. Page 3005.) Re-referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2017-09-15 From committee: That the Assembly amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 8. Noes 0. Page 3025.) committee-passage
• 2017-09-15 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 34. Noes 2. Page 3010.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2017-09-22 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
• 2017-10-02 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2017-10-02 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 429, Statutes of 2017.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/356a4058-08d5-4683-9dd8-1bc5e85168d2. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).